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General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 221 Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts.

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Clerks of Courts.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc. - Chapter 221, Section 1
  The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for a term of five years...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties - Chapter 221, Section 2
  The clerk shall attend all sessions of the court, preserve all the files and papers thereof, keep a docket record of all questions transferred, and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Election of clerks; term - Chapter 221, Section 3
  There shall be a clerk for the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk, and two clerks for the superior court of said county,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - First assistant clerks; appointment - Chapter 221, Section 4
  [ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2007. For text effective July 1, 2007, see below.]The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant clerks; appointment - Chapter 221, Section 5
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2007. For text effective July 1, 2007, see below.]In addition to the assistant clerks provided for in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant and first assistant clerks; practice of law - Chapter 221, Section 5A
  The assistant clerks appointed under the provisions of sections four and five of this chapter shall devote their entire time during business hours to their...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 234 - Chapter 221, Section 6
  Chapter 221: Section 6. Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 234
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Middlesex; equity clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6A
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Essex; equity clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6B
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Essex; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6C
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Norfolk; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6D
  The clerk of the courts for the county of Norfolk may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Worcester; equity proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6E
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Worcester; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6F
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Middlesex; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6G
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1975, 50 - Chapter 221, Section 6H
  Chapter 221: Section 6H. Repealed, 1975, 50
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Plymouth; equity proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6I
  The justices of the superior court may designate for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Plymouth; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6J
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Hampden; equity proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6K
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Hampden; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6L
  The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court for county of Bristol; criminal proceedings clerk - Chapter 221, Section 6M
  The clerk of the courts for the county of Bristol may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy assistant clerks - Chapter 221, Section 7
  The clerks of the courts of the several counties except Suffolk may designate such employees in their offices, as in their judgment may be necessary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary clerks - Chapter 221, Section 8
  If by reason of illness or other cause the clerk of the courts in any county, or of the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary assistant clerks; manner of appointment - Chapter 221, Section 9
  If an assistant clerk of the courts is unable to perform the duties of his office, a temporary assistant clerk may be appointed in the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary clerk; appointment by court - Chapter 221, Section 10
  If at a sitting of any court neither the clerk nor assistant clerk is present, the court may appoint a temporary clerk, who shall perform...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Oath of clerk - Chapter 221, Section 11
  The clerk, assistant clerk, temporary clerk and temporary assistant clerk of a court shall be sworn before a justice thereof, who shall, upon administering the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds of clerks - Chapter 221, Section 12
  The clerk and assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth shall each, before entering upon the performance of his duties, and thereafter,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant clerk; notice to secretary of state of vacancies - Chapter 221, Section 13
  Each clerk shall forthwith report to the state secretary a vacancy in the office of assistant clerk, and shall report the name and residence of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - General duties of clerks - Chapter 221, Section 14
  The clerks shall attend all the courts of which they are clerks when held in their respective counties, and the sessions of the county commissioners,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Supreme judicial court in Suffolk; duties of clerk and assistant clerk - Chapter 221, Section 15
  The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall attend all sessions of the court, except when sitting as a full court; shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court in Suffolk; duties of clerk - Chapter 221, Section 16
  The clerk of the superior court for civil business in Suffolk county, or such assistant clerk of said court as the justices thereof designate for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Facsimile of signature of clerk; signature of assistant clerk - Chapter 221, Section 17
  A facsimile of the signature of the clerk of any court in the commonwealth, imprinted by him upon any writ, summons, subpoena, order of notice...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Affidavits in court proceedings - Chapter 221, Section 18
  Any affidavit required in any action or proceeding pending in any court in the commonwealth may be made and sworn to before a clerk or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duty to forward notices of appeal, etc., to attorney general - Chapter 221, Section 19
  The clerks shall cause one or more copies of all notices of appeal, orders for the report of cases, and bills of exceptions in criminal...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rescripts, notice of - Chapter 221, Section 20
  When a rescript is filed in a case or proceeding in any court, the clerk, register or recorder of such court shall forthwith give notice...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 78 - Chapter 221, Section 21
  Chapter 221: Section 21. Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 78
• Massachusetts General Laws - Orders of notice; power of clerk to issue - Chapter 221, Section 22
  A clerk of the courts may issue any order of notice upon any complaint or other proceeding in a civil action which might be issued...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Alphabetical list of parties - Chapter 221, Section 23
  Each clerk shall keep an alphabetical list of the names of all parties to every action or judgment recorded in the records and a reference...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1956, 707, Sec. 3 - Chapter 221, Section 24
  Chapter 221: Section 24. Repealed, 1956, 707, Sec. 3
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1953, 319, Sec. 27 - Chapter 221, Section 25
  Chapter 221: Section 25. Repealed, 1953, 319, Sec. 27
• Massachusetts General Laws - Physicians or unregistered practitioners; clerk to report convictions - Chapter 221, Section 26
  The clerk of any court in which a physician registered in the commonwealth is convicted of any crime or in which an unregistered practitioner is...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Extension of papers on record - Chapter 221, Section 27
  The supreme judicial court shall by rule or order direct in what manner and to what extent, if any, the papers in causes which are...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Obsolete or useless papers; disposition, destruction or storage - Chapter 221, Section 27A
  The supreme judicial court may by rule or order provide for the disposal by destruction or otherwise of obsolete and useless papers or records which...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Records; duty of clerk to exhibit - Chapter 221, Section 28
  The clerks of the courts in the several counties and of the supreme judicial and superior courts in Suffolk county shall at the first sitting...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Records; duty of justices to inspect - Chapter 221, Section 29
  The justices of the several courts shall inspect the doings of the clerks from time to time, and shall see that the records are made...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Forfeiture of bond - Chapter 221, Section 30
  If any neglect causes a forfeiture of the bond of a clerk or assistant clerk, the justices shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Misconduct in office; liability - Chapter 221, Section 31
  The two preceding sections shall not exempt a clerk or assistant clerk from an action for any other breach of the condition of his bond...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fees; duty of clerks to account - Chapter 221, Section 32
  The clerks of the courts in the several counties, and of the supreme judicial court and superior court department for Suffolk county, shall keep cash...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant clerk; duties - Chapter 221, Section 33
  Each assistant clerk shall under the direction of the clerk perform any of the duties of the clerk and shall pay over to him all...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 291 - Chapter 221, Section 34
  Chapter 221: Section 34. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 291

Judicial Council.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Judicial council; establishment; purpose; membership; term - Chapter 221, Section 34A
  There shall be a judicial council for the continuous study of the organization, rules and methods of procedure and practice of the judicial system of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reports to governor; rules of practice and procedure - Chapter 221, Section 34B
  The judicial council shall report annually on or before December first to the governor upon the work of the various branches of the judicial system....
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation; clerical expense - Chapter 221, Section 34C
  No member of said council, except as hereinafter provided, shall receive any compensation for his services, but said council and the several members thereof shall...

Massachusetts Defenders Committee.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1983, 673, Sec. 3 - Chapter 221, Section 34D
  Chapter 221: Section 34D. Repealed, 1983, 673, Sec. 3
• Massachusetts General Laws - Mental health legal advisors committee; appointment, etc.; executive director; legal advisors, list, fee schedule, compensation; volunteer legal assistance program; information program; procedures; funds - Chapter 221, Section 34E
  The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint a mental health legal advisors committee consisting of fourteen attorneys, four of whom shall hold office...

Bar Examiners.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Bar examiners; appointment; statements of financial interest - Chapter 221, Section 35
  There shall be a board of bar examiners consisting of five persons, at least four of whom shall be residents of different counties, one of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Admission of attorneys to the bar; eligibility; expenses; manner of payment - Chapter 221, Section 36
  Said board may, subject to the approval of the supreme judicial court, make rules with reference to examinations for admission to the bar and the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Admission to the bar; educational requirements of World War II veterans - Chapter 221, Section 36A
  No rule requiring that an applicant for admission to the bar shall have completed any college work shall apply to any person who served in...

Attorneys At Law.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Petition for examination for admission to the bar; fees - Chapter 221, Section 37
  [ Text of section effective until July 1, 2008. For text effective July 1, 2008, see below.]A citizen of the United States, if over eighteen,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Oath of office - Chapter 221, Section 38
  Whoever is admitted as an attorney shall in open court take and subscribe the oaths to support the constitution of the United States and of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Aliens; petitions and examinations - Chapter 221, Section 38A
  Every alien who has made the primary declaration to become a citizen of the United States under the federal naturalization laws shall, upon otherwise complying...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Attorneys from sister states; conditions for admissions - Chapter 221, Section 39
  A citizen of the United States, whether man or woman, who has been admitted as an attorney or counsellor of the highest judicial court of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Removal; grounds; expenses - Chapter 221, Section 40
  An attorney may be removed by the supreme judicial or superior court for deceit, malpractice or other gross misconduct, and shall also be liable in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unauthorized practice of law; solicitation of law-business; penalty - Chapter 221, Section 41
  Whoever has been so removed and continues thereafter to practice law or to receive any fee for his services as an attorney at law rendered...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Standing of attorneys; clerk of supreme judicial court to keep records - Chapter 221, Section 42
  The clerk of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county shall cause to be made, and shall keep, a complete record in suitable form of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Claims for damages; attorneys prohibited from soliciting - Chapter 221, Section 43
  No attorney at law shall, through any runner, agent or person, hereinafter called a runner, who is employed by him solicit a person to employ...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disqualification for violation of sec. 43 - Chapter 221, Section 44
  If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that an attorney whose appearance has been entered in any suit has in connection therewith violated...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Hospital employees, etc., communication with attorney concerning personal injury cases; prohibition - Chapter 221, Section 44A
  No person in the employ of, or in any capacity attached to or connected with, any hospital, infirmary or other institution, public or private, which...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Copies of sec. 44A; furnishing to hospitals; posting - Chapter 221, Section 44B
  The superintendent or other person in immediate charge of each hospital, infirmary or institution referred to in section forty-four A shall cause to be posted...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Practice of law by sheriffs, constables, etc., prohibited - Chapter 221, Section 45
  A sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable who appears in court as attorney for any party to a suit, or draws, makes or fills up a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Practice of law by corporations; prohibition; exception - Chapter 221, Section 46
  No corporation or association shall practice or appear as an attorney for any person other than itself in any court in the commonwealth or before...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Practice of law; persons authorized - Chapter 221, Section 46A
  No individual, other than a member, in good standing, of the bar of this commonwealth shall practice law, or, by word, sign, letter, advertisement or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Jurisdiction to restrain violation of secs. 46, 46A and 46C - Chapter 221, Section 46B
  The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have concurrent jurisdiction in equity, upon petition of any bar association within the commonwealth, or of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Unauthorized practice of law; furnishing services to debtor in debt pooling plan - Chapter 221, Section 46C
  The furnishing of advice or services for and in behalf of a debtor in connection with any debt pooling plan, whereby such debtor deposits any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Credit counseling corporation, application of previous sections - Chapter 221, Section 46D
  The provisions of sections forty-six, forty-six A, forty-six B and forty-six C shall not apply to a corporation, or its agents, which has been organized...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1935, 346, Sec. 3 - Chapter 221, Section 47
  Chapter 221: Section 47. Repealed, 1935, 346, Sec. 3
• Massachusetts General Laws - Prosecution of own suits; restriction - Chapter 221, Section 48
  Parties may manage, prosecute or defend their own suits personally, or by such attorneys as they may engage; but not more than two persons for...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1935, 346, Sec. 3 - Chapter 221, Section 49
  Chapter 221: Section 49. Repealed, 1935, 346, Sec. 3
• Massachusetts General Laws - Attorney's lien for fees; enforcement - Chapter 221, Section 50
  From the authorized commencement of an action, counterclaim or other proceeding in any court, or appearance in any proceeding before any state or federal department,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Discharge of state or political subdivision from liability for attorney's lien - Chapter 221, Section 50A
  Payment by the commonwealth or by any political subdivision thereof to a client in full or in settlement of any claim, counterclaim, cause of action,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Claims; summary determination - Chapter 221, Section 50B
  The court shall determine all claims in a summary manner, but without abridging the right of trial by jury as guaranteed by the constitution.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Failure to pay client's money; penalty - Chapter 221, Section 51
  An attorney at law who unreasonably neglects to pay over money collected by him for and in behalf of a client, when demanded by the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Disqualification of attorney to act in suits previously decided by him - Chapter 221, Section 52
  No person shall be employed or allowed to appear as attorney before a court in any proceeding, civil or criminal, which shall have been previously...

Masters, Auditors, Referees, Assessors, Etc.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Masters in chancery - Chapter 221, Section 53
  The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall, as vacancies occur, appoint masters in chancery, who may act throughout the commonwealth, so...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Completion of business on expiration of commission - Chapter 221, Section 54
  A master may complete any unfinished proceedings and processes pending before him or commenced under his direction notwithstanding the expiration of his commission.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation of masters, etc - Chapter 221, Section 55
  The supreme judicial court, the superior court or the probate court shall award reasonable compensation to commissioners, assessors, referees, masters in chancery and special masters,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 17 - Chapter 221, Section 56
  Chapter 221: Section 56. Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 17
• Massachusetts General Laws - Masters; appointment - Chapter 221, Section 57
  When a civil action is at issue and is not governed by chapter two hundred and twenty-one B or by the Massachusetts Rules of Civil...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Masters; hearings; reports; judgment - Chapter 221, Section 58
  Masters shall give notice to the parties of the time and place appointed for their meeting, and may adjourn from time to time as may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Auditors; discharge by court - Chapter 221, Section 59
  The court may for cause discharge the auditors and appoint others and may recommit the report for revision or further examination to the same or...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1932, 40, Sec. 2 - Chapter 221, Section 60
  Chapter 221: Section 60. Repealed, 1932, 40, Sec. 2
• Massachusetts General Laws - Masters; compensation and travel expenses - Chapter 221, Section 61
  The court shall award reasonable compensation and allow actual expenses of travel in attending hearings, if said expenses be approved by the court as reasonable,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Reports of masters - Chapter 221, Section 62
  Masters appointed by the probate and family court department shall file their final report in the office of the register of the court by which...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Masters; death or incapacity; compensation - Chapter 221, Section 62A
  If a master appointed by the probate and family court department becomes incapacitated or dies without having filed his final report the court may award...

Magistrates in the Trial Court.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Clerks of courts as magistrates - Chapter 221, Section 62B
  Clerks of court for the several counties, the clerk of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county, the clerk of the superior court...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Magistrates; powers and duties - Chapter 221, Section 62C
  A magistrate designated under the previous section, in addition to his powers and duties as clerk, may: (a) grant such continuances as are agreed upon...

Reporter of Decisions.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Reporter of decisions; appointment; tenure - Chapter 221, Section 63
  There shall be a reporter of decisions of the supreme judicial court. He shall be appointed by the justices of the supreme judicial court, and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Preparation of reports; time of publication - Chapter 221, Section 64
  He shall attend the law sittings of the court unless excused therefrom by the chief justice, make true reports of decisions upon all questions of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Printing and sale of reports of decisions of supreme judicial and appeals courts; advertisement for bids; award and execution of contracts; performance bond - Chapter 221, Section 64A
  The reporter shall from time to time advertise for bids for the execution of the printing and binding, and provide for the sale to the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Style of reports - Chapter 221, Section 65
  The volumes of reports shall be styled “Massachusetts Reports”, and the name of the reporter shall not be added thereto.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Opinions; duration and manner of keeping - Chapter 221, Section 66
  The commonwealth shall provide a safe and convenient place in Boston where the reporter shall keep the written opinions of the court in all law...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy reporter - Chapter 221, Section 67
  If the reporter is prevented from attending at a sitting, he shall depute a suitable person to attend for him and take notes of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation of reporter - Chapter 221, Section 68
  The reporter shall receive from the commonwealth a salary to be fixed by the chief justice of the supreme judicial court, with the approval of...

Court Officers.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Court officers; number; compensation for attendance - Chapter 221, Section 69
  [ Text of section effective until November 2, 2008. For text effective November 2, 2008, see below.]Not more than four deputy sheriffs or court officers...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment - Chapter 221, Section 70
  Subject to appropriation, the chief justice for administration and management may appoint for attendance upon the several sessions of the trial court such officers as...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Court officers; performance of police powers and duties - Chapter 221, Section 70A
  [ Text of section effective until November 2, 2008. For text effective November 2, 2008, see below.]Court officers and those authorized to act as court...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Chief deputy sheriff for Suffolk, Middlesex and Hampden; chief court officer for Hampden, Norfolk and Worcester counties - Chapter 221, Section 71
  [ Text of section effective until November 2, 2008. For text effective November 2, 2008, see below.]The chief justice for administration and management shall designate...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Assistant chief court officers in Suffolk county - Chapter 221, Section 71A
  [ Text of section effective until November 2, 2008. For text effective November 2, 2008, see below.]The chief administrative justice may designate three of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Tenure; transfer or interchange in Suffolk county - Chapter 221, Section 72
  [ Text of section effective until November 2, 2008. For text effective November 2, 2008, see below.]Officers appointed as court officers to attend upon the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation in Suffolk county land court and probate court - Chapter 221, Section 73
  The officer in attendance upon the land court in Suffolk County shall receive from the commonwealth in full for all services performed by him such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1945, 388, Sec. 2; 1986, 557, Sec. 173 - Chapter 221, Section 73A
  Chapter 221: Section 73A. Repealed, 1945, 388, Sec. 2
• Massachusetts General Laws - Compensation in Suffolk county supreme judicial court and appeals court - Chapter 221, Section 73B
  Each officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in the county of Suffolk shall receive in full for all services performed by him such...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 40 - Chapter 221, Section 74
  Chapter 221: Section 74. Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 40
• Massachusetts General Laws - Deputy sheriffs and constables; compensation - Chapter 221, Section 75
  The compensation of deputy sheriffs not on salary and of constables for attendance upon the supreme judicial, appeals, superior or probate court shall be paid...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Administrative assistant and messengers in Suffolk county; appointment; compensation; duties - Chapter 221, Section 76
  The administrative assistant to the justices of the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county shall be appointed by the justices of said court. Said administrative...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior court in Suffolk county; assistant messenger - Chapter 221, Section 76A
  The justices of the superior court may appoint an assistant messenger of said court sitting in and for the county of Suffolk. His salary shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Premiums on official bonds; payment - Chapter 221, Section 77
  Premiums on bonds of court officers and deputy sheriffs in attendance on the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk county and on the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Supreme judicial court in Suffolk county; service of venires; bond - Chapter 221, Section 78
  Any officer in attendance upon the supreme judicial court in Suffolk county under section seventy-three, including the messenger of the justices of said court, may...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Witnesses; summoning in Suffolk and Worcester; expenses - Chapter 221, Section 79
  Officers in attendance upon the sessions of the superior court for criminal business in Suffolk county and the officers appointed for attendance on the sessions...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Uniforms of court officers - Chapter 221, Section 80
  Court officers receiving stated salaries and deputy sheriffs in attendance upon the supreme judicial, appeals or superior court in Suffolk, Middlesex, Bristol, Norfolk, Hampden and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Double compensation prohibited - Chapter 221, Section 81
  No deputy sheriff or constable receiving a salary from the county shall be designated to attend, for compensation by the day, upon the sessions of...

Stenographers.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Stenographers; appointment in superior court - Chapter 221, Section 82
  The justices of the superior court shall appoint from time to time such official stenographers and additional stenographers for the several counties as the business...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary stenographers; fees - Chapter 221, Section 83
  The presiding justice at any sitting, trial or hearing in the supreme judicial court or the superior court, in case no stenographer is assigned therefor...
• Massachusetts General Laws - 85. Repealed, 1927, 332, Sec. 3 - Chapter 221, Section 84
  Chapter 221: Section 84, 85. Repealed, 1927, 332, Sec. 3
• Massachusetts General Laws - Stenographer for grand jury; appointment; custody of notes - Chapter 221, Section 86
  A justice of the superior court may, upon the request of the district attorney or, if the grand jury was convened upon the written request...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of stenographers; regulations - Chapter 221, Section 87
  The justices of the superior court may make regulations not inconsistent with law relative to the assignments, duties and service of stenographers appointed for that...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Fees of court stenographers for furnishing transcripts of notes - Chapter 221, Section 88
  Upon request of the presiding justice or any party, the stenographer shall furnish a transcript of his notes, or any part thereof, taken at a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Clerical assistants - Chapter 221, Section 89
  The justices of the superior court from time to time may appoint one or more clerical assistants, removable at the pleasure of the justices, and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1922, 228, Sec. 1 - Chapter 221, Section 90
  Chapter 221: Section 90. Repealed, 1922, 228, Sec. 1
• Massachusetts General Laws - Services rendered outside appointing county; expenses; compensation - Chapter 221, Section 90A
  When a salaried official stenographer renders service in a county other than the one for which he is appointed, the justice shall allow him his...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Superior courts; compensation of stenographers - Chapter 221, Section 91
  Official stenographers, and all additional and temporary stenographers, appointed by the justices of the superior court shall receive salaries which shall be established from time...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1972, 492, Sec. 3 - Chapter 221, Section 91A
  Chapter 221: Section 91A. Repealed, 1972, 492, Sec. 3
• Massachusetts General Laws - Employment of stenographer by defendant; admissibility of transcripts of notes; application of section - Chapter 221, Section 91B
  At any hearing or proceeding in connection with a criminal case, including a hearing on the issuance of a complaint, at which a court appointed...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Appointment of stenographer in civil cases before auditor or master; admissibility of transcripts - Chapter 221, Section 91C
  Any party to a civil proceeding assigned to trial before an auditor or master may, upon motion duly made to the court, have such proceedings...

Interpreters.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Interpreters; appointment; tenure; compensation - Chapter 221, Section 92
  The justices of the superior court may appoint such official interpreters as they may deem necessary for the sessions of the court. Such interpreters shall...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Interpreters for the deaf or hearing-impaired; court proceedings; arrests; admissibility of evidence; fees and expenses; privileged communications - Chapter 221, Section 92A
  In any proceeding in any court in which a deaf or hearing-impaired person is a party or a witness, or proceeding involves a juvenile whose...

Salaries and Expenses of Clerks and Assistant Clerks of the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.

• Massachusetts General Laws - Supreme judicial court; salaries of clerks - Chapter 221, Section 93
  [ First paragraph effective until July 1, 2008. For text effective July 1, 2008, see below.]The salary of the clerk of the supreme judicial court...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Manner of payment; salaries of clerks and assistant clerks - Chapter 221, Section 94
  Except as provided in section ninety-three and except as otherwise provided, the salaries of the clerks of the courts and their assistants and the clerk...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1949, 774, Sec. 4 - Chapter 221, Section 94A
  Chapter 221: Section 94A. Repealed, 1949, 774, Sec. 4
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 47 - Chapter 221, Section 95-98
  Chapter 221: Section 95 to 98. Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 47
• Massachusetts General Laws - Traveling expenses - Chapter 221, Section 99
  Clerks and assistant clerks of courts shall receive from the commonwealth their traveling expenses necessarily incurred when holding sessions of said courts outside of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Temporary and assistant clerks; salaries - Chapter 221, Section 100
  Each temporary clerk shall be paid by the clerk for whom he is acting such compensation as the court appointing him may determine. Each temporary...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Salaries as full compensation - Chapter 221, Section 101
  Except as otherwise provided, the salaries of clerks shall be in full compensation for all services rendered by them in the civil or criminal courts,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Clerical assistance - Chapter 221, Section 102
  The clerks of the courts in the several counties, the clerks of the supreme judicial court for Suffolk county and the clerks of the superior...

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